- Luke 1:26-45
- Luke 1:47-55 (VU p.898)
Early Thoughts: Hail Mary full of grace! You're pregnant.
That would be a discussion one might remember.
Mary fascinates me. We sing carols about her gentle-ness, traditionally she has been called meek and mild and obedient.
I think we miss something. I think she was a revolutionary. I think she helps set up the landslide that changes the world.
"For the world is about to turn" says one of the songs we will sing on Sunday. Christmas is about that turning. Christmas, whatever else it is about, is about God sending a Messiah and that changes the world. That is the "glad tidings of great joy that shall be for all people" we hear about from the angels on Christmas Eve. It isn't just about the God who will not, can not let go of God's people. It is about a God who sees that the world needs to be changed and goes about changing it.
Joy to the Earth, the Saviour Reigns!
Joy, which is far more than happiness, is a powerful emotion. Joy springs from a sense of God's presence. Joy leads to hope, hope leads to power, power changes the world, undergirded by love, bringing out God's Peace. NOt the Pax Romana, or the Pax Brittanica, or the Pax Americana. God's Peace.
THe day is coming, the world is about to turn. And for that we are joyful.
--Gord
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